Music-leaf turner.



E. F. RENFRO.

MUSIC LEAF TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2, 1912.

Patented July 20, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAIH 60., WASHINGTON, D. c.

E. F. RENFRO.

MUSIC LEAF TURNER.

' I APPLICATION FILED JAN-2, 1912- 1,146,815, Patented July 20, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

v, I I lmmeoaq I I v I I v 'v E. F. RENFRO. MUSIC LEAF TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2, 1912.

Patented Juiy 20, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

"To tiZZru ihomfz't-mag camera." Bea knewnehat BN I E v vSal lflm o111",,inwtheccountyof:Gherokee, State I: This invention relateslto new and useful 26-; r a ty. 79f; turni g mem ers "adapted t be pee on the first member I I v r this :inven r; Rfinrno; osfsc nmo'u, KANSAS.

-- wc'itizen'jof'; the United' -States, residing at of Kansas; have invented a certain new and fliseful Improvements {in MusiesLeaf Turnv d I/ doh'ereby declare the following 2 ,tof ffa 1.1; 1,.. a- Zaid e actdescription of 'theuinve n; such {as will enable others theflart to which it appertains to squea s 1 :Mkeiand ethes m I I mp ents" i icl af, turner and mo e rpalrti iilar y to music l af,- tlirners esp ..1ciallyt adapted "for use in connection .With

s1c music "book leaves etc?- terme a musi lea turner; hav nsaphr" ,e ed b n e S c e -she in Pr p PQSi i l. fer-re g y; he ae iiia i ng of n 'leaftl 'i e a rev i fthel Q 1 slby e s O a S cond m m 7 sem s le f.w o it v the otherf object of this-invention is the. provisioning:music leaf turner of a plu- .fr ality -of: hinged leaf turning. members, 3 means for retaining them in their :proper il o i ti rj dr'meansf l releasing'the same ifllthe' i. P QP I i iqn w ithrespect to ea rotherii .M I g V J inma s object effthis iiiv'e pion is to ipro've, and simplify devices of this character, rendering them comparatively slmple and l nexpen et ei u e.r able n mcie'nt injuseijand readily operat d. q

Withthe bove an'd othefifobjectsgin view, "resides :novelyfeatures of] cone 110 151011 formations; combinations as an ernentsofpiecewise.hereinafter more lly descijibed, claiine I aliidlillustrated in the "acc m an ing dmwihgsyinwhm 1 v 1. liigurel; is a front elevationv f invem jtionfj 'FigLjQf-is a rear'elevationthereof;with fparts removed? Fig. 3 'is a.vertical:transverse sectional view taken on the,line-'3 3 l igciiis a"horv'1 zontalf sectional 'taken'on th line' 441of Fig. l -,}j ig.

i -1 fa ienlargi d' r sm' fi ry iona iv w taken on the line 5+5"ofE g-' san F 6 .ijs'a detail view of one of the, 1at h$- f v ia eferr nsto t e-"accompa y d e ms 'MIIIs Q- RN K 1 Speeifit ation of Letters Ba'tenti sent ins a eei s my pu pcs I a z the eyes 22, formed upon the inwardly ex- ...tend ng-de'gs. 23 of U-shaped leaf 'turning andl8are journaled.

. prises. a base 11 Which is adapted. to be supported upon a music rack of any-description,

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. out the several views, the numeral 10 .desig- .1-1

andbeingprovided uponits rear side adjacent its corners With buffers 12, prevents any undesired marring or scratchingof the said rack.

. The base 11 is substantiallyrectangular in rformationandzis provided in its front face 1 intermediate 7 theends thereof and adj acent 'itsjupper and lower edges With recesses 13 and .14 in; .Which are supportedby brackets 3.15 and 16, pairs of spaced parallel supporting rods 1 7 and 18.

. The rodsl7 and 18 are formed at intervals w .cumscribing grooves 20. and'2lzvvhich receive members '24 and 25.

'lhebrackets .15 and 16 are heldagainst any undesired displacement by their engagecontact with thelatjerally, extending ends of the brackets in which the rods l7 throughout; their lengths With. spaced cir- I r The legs 230 f the leaf turning'members IQ land. 25 operate in channels 28 Which lead from the recesses 13 and 14, hile the angular corners of the said members 24 and disclosed.

A.music leaf rest formed of a row of egs 25are engaged by resilient stops 29 Which holdthem in spaced relation to the front or pins,30 extends longitudinally of the-base the upper of the plates 27 to Which one-end v :issecured, andengaged at itsupper 'end by spring catch 33 which holds thesaidrod 31 against any undesired displacement. A plurality ofspring clipsBt are secured at intervals to the-rod Slfor engagement With the inner leaf ofthe music.

ll in-spaced relation from the lower edge thereof and serves to support the outer sheets of a piece of mujsic while extending vertically with respect to the'base 11'' and in spaced parallel relation thereto is a rod 31 offset-at its lower end as at 82350 engage 6 which'bytheir'engagement with the beveled when the same are in aniinaiserafiiv'ejppsi-j 3 tion, while the sheet turners 25 are arranged up'onthe right of the base 11 when in' an inoperative position and are preferably two- 1nnumber as illustrated, it being unuersm a however that I am not tobe limited to an special number'of lea'f turners but may ein ploy as many as is desired ltO operate a-desired number of sheets. 7 V V 1 Thelleaf turners' 24 and 25 are yiel'dingly held "in their inoperative positions by springs 35,- but it will be readily seen that i; they each may be movedto' the reversed sides 'of'thebase 11 against the tension'of'the ,said springs in which positions they maybe held againstdisplacement by latches 36 op- "lerating through slots 37 formed in'the said 11'; base 11 at convenient points thereon.

' It is to be noted-- thatthe springs operatwith it in the backward movement.

ing the members 25 are more highly"t'en-- sioned than to operate the member 24:. By fthismeans when the leaf has been turned-bythe member 245" it can be turned back by the member 25 as this will carry the member24c' The'latches 36 are bodily movable through the slots 37 to and from the angular cor- 11ers of the members' 24 and 25 'anda're's'upported by sliding rods 38 to which theyare pivotally-hsecuredas indicated by"-'the numerals 39. l

,slidably located a sliding plate'45 mounted onlthe rod 38' and-which engages-"one end of a spring 46- which bears upon the ear 4:0

'serv ng to normally retainfitsflatch39in a locking position. a 1 1 i T- 7 Bell crank levers 47 are pivotallyconnect-- ed to the base 11 in recesses 48 forme'dupon therear side thereof and are connected by operating rods 4:9 to the rods 38*in-such manner that upon the operation of the bell crank levers the latches will be moved from 71 their engagement with the members 2d and 25 serving to releasethe same and permit- "ting them to be swung by thesprings35 to the'reverse sides of the base 11 fora pur pose to be later disclosed.

7 Forwardly extending bracket arms, 50 are extended from the oppositeiends of the slot at 51 and are connected at their" outer terminals as shown in Figs. 1'and 5 by a"rod 52 i so ' 'bellcrank levers 47 -by operating'ro'ds'5.4L

upon which are journaled operating levers 53 connected at their rear extremitiesto the The forward terminals of the operating levers 53 are bifurcated as at-55to"receive Y theforwardends of the operating arms 56,

, depressed to actuate the lever-s53 thus movf 'ing' the-irods 54atO'operate the bell-crank attached sheets 'of the music' are inserted -HThe device is now readyfor' operationian upon. depressing the: operating lever *underthe influence of" the springfwill swing tostheiopposite" side of the basecarryiiig jwith it-thefimusic sheet. Bypressing the flit-3X1} lever, the arm connected theretowhich is positioned opposite to the first mentioned" "leaf, vor in other words turn thesamef b'acli "j lLfIn a music leaf turner to its jfirst ,.position fw'ithout. reversing;

dramat st? er the slants-"53 an lever and consequently release the latches" 36-. Thejfree' ends of the arms 56 are spread apart as indicated by the numeral; .58; to provide a means whereby any one'ofj'thein may-be pressed without'interfering with the adjacent arms. p a

The device is used as follows :The outer under the members24 and 25-until the'inte mediate portion is located'below the rod? Themembers-Q L- and 25 are next moved; "the reversed sides of the basell "in which position they are retained by the latches"36 against the tension of the springs 35g T intermediate leaf of" the music {is no hingedly secured to th e rod 31 by means of the spring -clipsorcatches Mandth'e? 7 "members '24: and 25 turnedto the position show'n iii-"Fig. "1 of the drawings.

located at the extreme "right" ofthe l devi the Eturning armfconnected; with' 'said i lever will be released by the latch thereof; and

arm 'j'willfbe released and moving toEthf other" side of the base will 'carry with' it th' This operation .may be continued with. p 7 various sheets and the several arm'sfofs th turner as willbe evidentgi -Iniotherfwor d it will benoted that'the arms 24jand move in opposite directions under theginflu ence F of their respective? springs and hat ywhenithe levers-'ofsuch arms aredepresse the latchesholding such'arms are relea' "to permit the spring to swing such-arms Furthermore, it willbe seen that each turn "ing; arm ;is provided with an independent "spring; and is latched and released 'inde pendently of any of the other arms.

. t, p rali y. sets of oppositely 1 operating leafturnin' members "the membersfof one setseveraIIy -'coi1'structed and arranged to turn a" 'musi leaf thev members of the other set severall constructed and arranged to return the position .of' the member of theifirst 's'et an 'From the foregoing disclosures takeninf connecti'odwithpthe accompanying draw ings it willj be manifest that a" mu'sicleaf ,turner-' is{providedfor which will fulfil'allthe lnecessary{requirements of suchfa' device.

frig thus fully described this invention? izoj' hat'l claim as new and desire to protect;

"set of similar members constructed and arranged to re turnthe leaf to its first position j Without. disturbing the position of the turning; member. and; means for actuating both I sets of leaf-turning members independently.

; "3. Inamusicileaf turner a reversible leaf turner constructed and arranged to turn a leaf,'fa second leaf turner adapted to reverse leafg without disturbing said first leaf ,gjisztur'ner and means for; actuating said leaf turnersl g 1' 1 4 .111 a music ,turnerw n combination, a

, c qonies iof tliis patent;in ay becibtziineuiio11five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, w 1 washingtomnc. 1

.lfarranged. severally to turn a leaf a second frame adapted'to holda music sheet sWing- I mg arms constructed and arranged to engage said sheet springs in connection with said arms to turn the leaves individually swingingreplacer arms on the side to which said first arms move in turning the sheets means for 1 retaining said first arms means for releasing said first arms individually,

means for releasing said replacer arms to return the sheet ithout returning said first In testimony whereof, I afiix my signav ture, in presenceof two Witnesses.

' ERNEST F. RENFRO.

Witnesses? DAVID THOMPSON, THOMAS RIDDLE. 

